Just went out to learn more about using my exposure time and aputure settings. 

I have new garden lights that make a nice glow in my front garden. I decided to take some photos. 

Let me know how they are. Would like to learn more on how to do night shots. This is a Nikon D40 camera, some limitations at what i can do with it.  Tri pod used also.;)

night_glow 

1/10,f/13, iso200 

night_glow_2

1/10,f/10, iso200 

night_glow3

1/10, f/10, iso400 

I started out a film photographer the most famous door in St. Augustine and have enjoyed amateur photography for several years.  Recently though I took up a small digital point and shoot and have been putting it through its paces.  I think I found its limits, but I am satisfied with the results.  A1A Alehouse I started taking some night shots around St. Augustine, Fl, testing what I could do.  spanish fort #1  I shot a lot of the popular tourist spots by night, trying to get more original shots of the local tourist sites.  holiest acre This cross marks the spot of the first Christian consecrated land in America.  Episcopal church I loved the abstract appearance of this steeple by night.

My wife and I spent the evening of July 4th sitting on the deck of a local restaurant where we had a good view of the fireworks.  I shot several photos there, both the daylight scenery and after dark.  pier next to the restaurant pier after dark   freeway and dock

Last photo is a shot I used in sepia mode of the walkway of our temporary draw bridge.  night walk

I think I get my money's worth out of the camera.  My instructors at college always encouraged us to look at things with a new eye, and this camera has helped me do that.

A week or so ago I posted some photos of lightning at White Sands.  My intention that evening was to take advantage of the full moon and maybe learn something about night photography.  Here's what I was up to before the storm distracted me. . .

Moonrise
Moonscape
Watcher
Moonshadows and Lightning Strike

   So I just recently bought a Canon Rebel G SLR it came with all the bells and whistles, tiffen filters, telephoto lense,   a 28-80mm Aspherical lense, and a remote switch. I am so excited to have it, probably because I am really starting to fall into this passion of photographs.
   Well This is some of my better shots from roll 1. You have to keep in mind i've been taking photos with this SLR camera for not even a week yet too, yet please be critical on my photos and help me grow in the field of photography.
   These photos below are some I took of  downtown Tupelo, MS my small town were i  currently reside. Please feel free to mention anything that would help me improve those shots. They were the best I thought off this roll and perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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That of The Hardware store where Elvis Purchased his first Guitar

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This is of our old captial building.

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A time exposure with a telephoto lense. My first :)

This is roll one i have another roll of film of some nature shots i will be uploading very soon. Please again critique me let me know what I am doing wrong.

I love camping and I love stargazing. Sometimes I've combined stargazing with photography but I had never tried to take pictures around the campfire before. This Saturday I went with some friends and I could not resist to bring the camera out and try my hand at some night pictures. I was fascinated with how the fire made everything look so  peaceful, and even the trees around us seemed to  glow with the firelight. The best thing though, was looking into the flames, it even seemed to be looking back at you. Finally it was time to put out the fire and go into the tents, by then the only light left was just the  starlight filtering through the trees.

OK... I don't do this normally but the shoulder is still AFU and I can't carry my gear around. This means you get a repeat post. There are a lot of new users that haven't seen these anyway.

Playing On The Freeway
Well above the freeway anyway.

I'd been wanting to try this with my digital for a long time. I shot some years ago on film but there is so much guessing involved. All shots with my 20D and 50mm F 1.8 lens. ISO 100. The time period was from just after sunset until fall on your rear dark. Taken from a freeway overpass.

If you decide to try this... do NOT drop your camera. You will mess it up! Wear light colored clothes so you don't get your butt run over by someone on the overpass.

Just After Sunset F16, 13 sec

Getting Darker F18, 18 sec

It's Dark Out There  F8, 33 sec

Extra F8, 48 sec

Sorry about the summer rerun. I'd rather have been able to go shoot new ones.

I'm rather new here, so I'm slowly building up the gallery.   I'm in a position where I'm really wanting to get as much exposure as possible.  This site seems like it might be a decent way to do that.   Well, for a while, I've done mostly purely through my account at deviantART, but as decent as it is, still not exactly what I want.

Well, the following are some pics of my backlog:

Steak 'n' Shake has been a rather big part of my life for the last few years.   It's a great place to spend several hours, working on just about anything, open 24 hours, so they'll always welcome you.   Though I haven't been there so much during the last couple of years, it still holds a bit of importance to me.  Here's a monoscopic shot I did with my Stereo Realist.   Had some major problems with the camera that night, so this is one of the few shots that came out decent.

Hibernia is where I live.   It's the only apartment complex I've ever seen with its own cemetery right in the middle of the complex.   But that was because Carlisle Cemetery was closely connected to the old town of Hibernia, OH.   Hibernia, though, is now folded in as part of Columbus.  I have some slides of the cemetery.  Maybe I'll post them someday once I get the slides scanned.  

This was a fun shoot...  had my roommate go up and start firing the flash at the building to illuminate it even more.   The ones living there didn't really enjoy it, though.  This is some of my digital photography.

The Hunting Master -- well, Jaegermeister isn't something I actually enjoy, but I love the bottles.  Another Digital photo of mine.

I love infrared photography.  I've only done digital so far, though.   These shots of Lake Hope and Hope Furnace are from my first major experimentation with it and remains two of my favorite shots.

front row
mind games
one way
bent light

My friend just moved into a apartment building. His apartment is located on the 18th floor. He has a great view from the balcony. He is afraid of heights so he will not go out on the balcony. I took these pictures.
lookin east , looking north , looking north-east , looking striaght out , looking west looking down , looking up
And then the night shots
night-1 , night-2 , night-3 night-4 . Boy, I would love to live here. Lucky guy

A city night.

People flows.

Lights from nightclub says. 'One more bottle of beer!'

shade/legs/cards

I took these shots back in November...It was a cold night, but I got my shots. Lights Lights I Lights II Lights III.I used a 30 second exposure on them and used my old pentex camera for these shots.

Thanks to everyone's tips yesterday, I've improved on my moon photos. Still not perfect, but a definite improvement. This moon is a combination of two photos at ISO200, f/11, 1/125th second, with a bit of sharpening.

Continuing the night theme, on Australia Day (Jan 26) we went to the South Perth foreshore for the fireworks (along with a few hundred thousand other people). Perth at Night Fireworks! More fireworks!

Sunset at Fishing Boat Harbour, Fremantle, on a warm summer night when there were big bushfires in the hills. As we walked down to the harbour there was ash falling from the sky, despite being 40km away from the action.

And finally, the War Memorial at Kings Park.

From 4/22/2005






Nikon D70, Sigma 170-500mm lens @ 500mm

This adobe church in Tularosa is one of my favorites.

Christmas Eve

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The Chair

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Last week we asked Photographica to come up with some questions for Troy Paiva of Lost America. For those that do not know Troy, I recommend you read his wonderfully written back story and learn about his technique as well.

Read on for his answers to your questions...

Photographer Troy Paiva of Lost America has agreed to be interviewed by us.  Troy is an accomplished night photographer who has been taking pictures of the desert at night since around 1989.  He has published a book Lost America which is full of his wonderful photography.  He has recently switched from film to digital for his work at night.

So, I ask all of you to take a look at his website and think of some questions you would like to ask.  The editors and I will pick the best ones that are not answered in his back story (which is a great read) or technique page and send them off to Troy for a response.

I'll send these questions to him on Monday, November 21'st.

Update [2005-11-20 11:2:9 by coryking]: Last call!

Vask

Some of the night shots from the Reno trip last week.

Wide Angle, Golden Phoenix, Biggest Little City, Eldorado, Golden Phoenix big sign, Eldorado and Silver Legacy, Harrah's, and another of  Harrah's.

I've got some kind of strange building angle shots I grabbed daytime that will show up another time.

Mike